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A65455 The trouble and cure of a wounded conscience set out in a sermon preached in St. Mary's church at Gates-head, in the County Palatine of Durham / by Richard Werge ... Werge, Richard, 1624 or 5-1687. 1685 (1685) Wing W1367; ESTC R8110 17,292 42

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